'coconut' definitions:
Definition of 'coconut'
From: WordNet
noun
The edible white meat of a coconut; often shredded for use in e.g. cakes and curries [syn: coconut, coconut meat]
noun
Large hard-shelled oval nut with a fibrous husk containing thick white meat surrounding a central cavity filled (when fresh) with fluid or milk [syn: coconut, cocoanut]
noun
Tall palm tree bearing coconuts as fruits; widely planted throughout the tropics [syn: coconut, coconut palm, coco palm, coco, cocoa palm, coconut tree, Cocos nucifera]
Definition of 'coconut'
From: GCIDE
- coconut \co"co*nut\, Cocoanut \Co"coa*nut`\(k[=o]"k[-o]*n[u^]t`), n.
- 1. the edible white meat of a coconut[3]; often shredded for use in e.g. cakes and curries.
- Syn: coconut meat. [WordNet 1.5]
- 2. the cocoa palm.
- Syn: coconut palm, coco palm, coco, cocoa palm, coconut tree, Cocos nucifera. [WordNet 1.5]
- 3. The large, hard-shelled oval nut of the cocoa palm. It has a fibrous husk containing a thick white fibrous meat much used as food, in confections, and in making oil. It has a central cavity filled (when fresh) with an agreeable milky liquid. [1913 Webster + WordNet 1.5] Cocobolo